people who speak honestly ? Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who also happens to be working president of National Conference, today took on NC’s Rajya Sabha member Ghulam Nabi Ratanpuri saying he should surrender his Rajya Sabha seat, quit National Conference and form his own platform for issuing “irrelevant statements’’. Asked about Mr Ratanpuri’s recent statement that issues like autonomy, self-rule and Article 370 are raised only at the time of elections, Omar said generally he has not been reacting to his (Ratanpuri’s) statements. “However, I think Mr Ratanpuri has no business to be in the National Conference now. He should immediately surrender Rajya Sabha seat, which we had given to him despite the fact that he had secured 200 odd votes in Assembly elections,’’ he said. “If he (Mr Ratanpuri) is a self-respecting man…If he has a millimeter of self-respect, he should first quit his Rajya Sabha seat and then issue statements. However, if he has no self-respect then he can continue in the National Conference,’’ Omar said. On statements of his uncle and NC Dr Sheikh Mustafa Kamaal directed against the Centre and the Congress, Omar said the NC president (Dr Farooq Abdullah) has already made it clear that only the stand taken by the NC chief and spokespersons was official stand of the party.
Posted on: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 06:08:30 +0000
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